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Planiscutellum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Planiscutellum was named by Richter (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Planiscutellum Richter
1960Protoscutellum Snajdr
2002Planiscutellum Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Planiscutellum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusPlaniscutellumRichter 1956

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Planiscutellum Richter 1956
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Invalid names: Protoscutellum Snajdr 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.80000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill - Llandovery449.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Protoscutellum sp. (24457)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Protoscutellum sp. (11391 11413 13134)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Czech Republic P. quasiplanum (14122) P. sp. (14087)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (23061)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Czech Republic P. planum (14046) P. sp. (14124)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Czech Republic P. planum (14090)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic P. planum (14050 14102)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (23078)